Emotion Regulation Handout 9

Letting Go of Emotional Suffering

Mindfulness of Your Current Emotion

OBSERVE YOUR EMOTIONNOTE its presenceStep BACKGet UNSTUCK from the emotion

EXPERIENCE YOUR EMOTIONAs a WAVE, coming and goingTry not to BLOCK emotionTry not to SUPPRESS emotionDon't try to GET RID of emotionDon't PUSH it awayDon't try to KEEP emotion aroundDon't HOLD ON to itDon't AMPLIFY it

REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT YOUR EMOTIONDo not necessarily ACT on your emotion. Remember times when you have felt DIFFERENT